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- From: bjheyboer@space.honeywell.com (Brian Heyboer)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Using EGA monitors with an Amiga
- Date: 7 Mar 1996 16:11:10 GMT
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- In article <4hmlfl$g72@osfb.aber.ac.uk> dbt3@aber.ac.uk (DOMINIC TRISTRAM)
- writes:
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-
- >>> A friend wishes to use an old EGA mnoitor with his Amiga. Is this
- >>> possible? Does anyone know how to connect the 9pin and 23pin
- >>> connectors together?
-
- >>It is not possible, at least not in a practical way. EGA is a digital
- >>system, whereas Amiga uses rgb-analog signals. There is no easy way to
- >>convert digital signals to analog signals, that is the reason why you
- >>cannot connect an EGA-monitor to an VGA-adaptor (On IBM-machines).
-
- >That's funny, I'm *sure* I remember a digital video output on my
- >A500... I'll have to check again I guess...
-
-
- Yes, there is an RGBI output on the Amiga 23-pin connector, but EGA is RRBBGG
- (64 color), not RGBI (16 color), and is also at the wrong frequency. Original
- base answer was correct -- you can't put an EGA monitor on an Amiga -- but the
- reasoning was wrong.
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